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Table 3_1_3.1Patients with treated chronic kidney failure who received a transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure,a United States, 1996-2004

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1996-1998

Population group

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Total

17.9

0.2

17.8

0.2

18.4

0.2

18.4

0.2

19.1

0.2

19.4

0.2

20.2

0.1

Age

0-19

67.9

1.3

69.9

1.3

68.1

1.4

67.9

1.4

67.6

1.4

70.1

1.4

69.1

0.8

20-39

30.9

0.5

31.1

0.5

32.3

0.5

32.4

0.5

33.8

0.5

35.0

0.5

37.6

0.3

40-59

17.6

0.2

17.5

0.2

17.9

0.2

18.8

0.3

19.4

0.3

19.5

0.3

20.5

0.2

60-69

9.5

0.2

9.2

0.2

9.4

0.2

8.0

0.2

8.4

0.2

7.9

0.2

7.3

0.1

Gender

Male

19.3

0.2

19.4

0.2

20.0

0.2

19.8

0.2

20.6

0.3

21.1

0.3

22.4

0.2

Female

16.0

0.2

15.8

0.2

16.3

0.3

16.6

0.3

17.3

0.3

17.4

0.3

17.7

0.2

Race

White

22.6

0.2

23.1

0.3

23.8

0.3

24.4

0.3

25.0

0.3

26.1

0.3

27.0

0.2

Black

10.0

0.2

9.4

0.2

9.8

0.2

9.2

0.2

10.0

0.2

9.7

0.2

10.5

0.1

AI/AN

11.0

1.0

8.7

0.9

12.4

1.1

8.7

0.9

13.3

1.1

10.5

1.0

12.3

0.7

Asian

19.6

0.8

21.2

0.9

20.5

0.9

18.9

0.9

19.8

0.9

19.8

0.9

21.0

0.6

Ethnicity

Hispanic, all races

13.9

0.4

14.5

0.4

14.6

0.4

14.9

0.4

15.3

0.4

15.1

0.4

16.6

0.3

Non-Hispanic, all races

18.7

0.2

18.4

0.2

19.0

0.2

18.9

0.2

19.8

0.2

20.1

0.2

20.8

0.1

Non-Hispanic, White

25.4

0.3

25.7

0.3

26.4

0.3

26.8

0.3

27.5

0.3

28.7

0.3

29.2

0.2

Non-Hispanic, Black

10.0

0.2

9.3

0.2

9.8

0.2

9.1

0.2

10.0

0.2

9.6

0.2

10.4

0.2

a All Medicare dialysis patients who initiated therapy in the given year were included. Patients with prior kidney transplants and patients over the age of 69 were excluded. Percentages are estimated using the Kaplan-Meier methodology. Followup is censored at removal from the list, death, or the end of the 3-year period.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, United States Renal Data System.